Comments on: What to Blog About http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-blog-about A journal of geekery, music and joy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:04:56 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dom http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-32376 Dom Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:53:12 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-32376 Blogging is saying whatever you want. Chances are at least one person besides you would be interested in reading it. I blog about life generally and the things that happen in my band. Its a sort of log of our history in case we make it big. There will be some record of what started where. I don't really care if anyone reads it (although it would be nice. I have just two comments, one was a pingback) but its just a record. That is contradiction though, although maybe i should read the whole post. Ok I'll do that now. Blogging is saying whatever you want. Chances are at least one person besides you would be interested in reading it. I blog about life generally and the things that happen in my band. Its a sort of log of our history in case we make it big. There will be some record of what started where. I don’t really care if anyone reads it (although it would be nice. I have just two comments, one was a pingback) but its just a record.
That is contradiction though, although maybe i should read the whole post. Ok I’ll do that now.

]]> By: De-aggregated at ten billion butterfly sneezes http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31941 De-aggregated at ten billion butterfly sneezes Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:08:37 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31941 [...] I’ll stick with Political Wire, who links to stories that I can go check out myself. And I may even subscribe to Avedon Carol’s Sideshow, since I found it at Dave Slusher’s place, and upon a casual perusal, it had links to a nice article that talked about Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of my native Kansas. I wouldn’t have encountered the article otherwise. [...] [...] I’ll stick with Political Wire, who links to stories that I can go check out myself. And I may even subscribe to Avedon Carol’s Sideshow, since I found it at Dave Slusher’s place, and upon a casual perusal, it had links to a nice article that talked about Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of my native Kansas. I wouldn’t have encountered the article otherwise. [...]

]]> By: Ken Kennedy http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31897 Ken Kennedy Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:52:38 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31897 Unrelated to the contradiction thread, thanks for the Avedon Carol link, Dave. I was trying to figure out how to get rid of many of political blogs from my reader without losing touch completely...it seems like a good choice for that. Happy New Year! BTW...I just caught up on your shared links feed, and much good stuff there. Pinger looks VERY cool. Unrelated to the contradiction thread, thanks for the Avedon Carol link, Dave. I was trying to figure out how to get rid of many of political blogs from my reader without losing touch completely…it seems like a good choice for that.

Happy New Year! BTW…I just caught up on your shared links feed, and much good stuff there. Pinger looks VERY cool.

]]> By: dave http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31838 dave Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:49:44 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31838 You don't see the contradiction? Between "I'm glad I get to say whatever I want" and "I don't like it when you get to say whatever you want" it seems fairly obvious to me. You don’t see the contradiction? Between “I’m glad I get to say whatever I want” and “I don’t like it when you get to say whatever you want” it seems fairly obvious to me.

]]> By: James Slusher http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31835 James Slusher Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:33:23 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31835 I don't personally see the contradiction. I read both posts and see one thing that says, god I wish those stupid things would go away, and another that says you can blog what you like. What's the contradiction? I hope to never hear another gangsta rap song in my life. I wish they would go away. I also think they should be free to make them. Is that a contradiction? I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. -Voltaire I don’t personally see the contradiction. I read both posts and see one thing that says, god I wish those stupid things would go away, and another that says you can blog what you like. What’s the contradiction?

I hope to never hear another gangsta rap song in my life. I wish they would go away. I also think they should be free to make them. Is that a contradiction?

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. -Voltaire

]]> By: Working Pathways » Aggregate Trust, Filter Relevance http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31831 Working Pathways » Aggregate Trust, Filter Relevance Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:25:26 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31831 [...] Elsewhere: “We have always measured, instead, relevance, trust, usefulness, interest, attraction, action, value. Those are the measurements that matter, always have been, only now media must catch up to us.” - Jeff Jarvis “I’m happy to let her sift through the left (and right) blogosphere for me and pick out the gems, that way I don’t have to read either.” - Dave Slusher December 23, 2006 at 3:33 pm by Garrick Van Buren Tags: Metrics, FeedSeeder [...] [...] Elsewhere: “We have always measured, instead, relevance, trust, usefulness, interest, attraction, action, value. Those are the measurements that matter, always have been, only now media must catch up to us.” – Jeff Jarvis “I’m happy to let her sift through the left (and right) blogosphere for me and pick out the gems, that way I don’t have to read either.” – Dave Slusher December 23, 2006 at 3:33 pm by Garrick Van Buren Tags: Metrics, FeedSeeder [...]

]]> By: dave http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31718 dave Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:45:21 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31718 Hey Julien, I read your post and am with you right down the line, including your manifesto and almost all the comments as well. Fight the power, daddyo! Hey Julien, I read your post and am with you right down the line, including your manifesto and almost all the comments as well. Fight the power, daddyo!

]]> By: dave http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31717 dave Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:40:35 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31717 Whoops, forgot to hit "submit" before I went to bed: I reread your post and I don't get the sarcasm but what the hey. Are you saying you were bored with the answers or the people blogging it were? Me personally, I like talking about myself. That's part of why I do this. Is it surprising that people find "tell me about yourself" something they want to do? It's the simplest way possible to handle cocktail chat. Sure, we all have contradictions but I try to space them out a little more in time and space. Whoops, forgot to hit “submit” before I went to bed:

I reread your post and I don’t get the sarcasm but what the hey. Are you saying you were bored with the answers or the people blogging it were? Me personally, I like talking about myself. That’s part of why I do this. Is it surprising that people find “tell me about yourself” something they want to do? It’s the simplest way possible to handle cocktail chat.

Sure, we all have contradictions but I try to space them out a little more in time and space.

]]> By: julien http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31673 julien Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:26:51 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31673 everyone's a bundle of contradictions-- i agree that this one was rather flagrant, however. nonetheless, since it's scoble's blog, it's his right to be self-contradictory whenever he wants, as you yourself proclaim. :) i wrote a thing a while ago about the right to be boring on your blog, which might be relevant: http://inoveryourhead.net/why-are-a-list-bloggers-boring/ everyone’s a bundle of contradictions– i agree that this one was rather flagrant, however. nonetheless, since it’s scoble’s blog, it’s his right to be self-contradictory whenever he wants, as you yourself proclaim. :)

i wrote a thing a while ago about the right to be boring on your blog, which might be relevant:

http://inoveryourhead.net/why-are-a-list-bloggers-boring/

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/01/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31671 Robert Scoble Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:15:39 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/02/what-to-blog-about/#comment-31671 You missed the sarcasm in that post about the five things. I just found it interesting how everyone felt impelled to answer that meme and was getting bored with the answers. Hey, I'm a bundle of contradictions! :-) Keep writing whatever makes you happy. If you do, you'll find you have some contradictions too. It's impossible to be human without contradictions. You missed the sarcasm in that post about the five things. I just found it interesting how everyone felt impelled to answer that meme and was getting bored with the answers.

Hey, I’m a bundle of contradictions! :-)

Keep writing whatever makes you happy. If you do, you’ll find you have some contradictions too. It’s impossible to be human without contradictions.

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